Strobby “Gladiator” effect

[Shane Ross]

That was a shutter speed effect. They lowered the shutter speed of the camera to that the image held on the screen longer.

you can try to approximate this with the STROBE filter…but it is best done in camera.

Not to mention they shot on film..

Shane

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[Nick Meyers]

Shane is right, it is a shutter speed effect.
a smaller shutter speed means less motion blur.
each image is very crisp, and when payed back has a “jerky” look

if you’ve shot INTERLACED,
then applying a de-interlace filter, and only using ONE FIELD will give you a (slight) approximation of the effect.

nick

[Ben Holmes]

As I understand it, the effect is given added ‘choppiness’ by changing the shutter angle as well – the first time I heard the phrase ‘oblique shuttering’ was when Saving Private Ryan came out, used to great effect in the opening battle scenes. It causes a mechanical ‘forced’ look to footage with a high shutter speed. As this also allows less time for light to hit the film frame, it also causes a harsh, noisy transfer.

Many of the optical effects can be replicated with something like Magic Bullet, except for the high shutter speed. For that, erm, shoot it with a high shutter speed – video cameras have this option too. I often have our ENG cameraman on live events shoot with the highest possible shutterspeed and some gain, to give a cool ‘arty’ look for colour shots of an OB – gives me something I can’t fake in the edit…

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